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From: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improved version reporting
To: viro@math.psu.edu (Alexander Viro)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:12:47 -0500 (EST)
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Alexander Viro writes:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:

>>> +o  Console Tools      #   0.3.3        # loadkeys -V
>>> +o  Mount              #   2.10e        # mount --version
>>
>> Concerning mount: (i) the version mentioned is too old,

Exactly why? Mere missing features don't make for a required
upgrade. Version number inflation should be resisted.

>> Concerning Console Tools: maybe kbd-1.05 is uniformly better.
>> I am not aware of any reason to recommend the use of console-tools.
>
> Debian has console-tools with priority:required and kbd
> with priority:extra. Take it with Yann Dirson...

Both should be "extra". They can be removed from the version script.
I'm even one of the few remaining console users.
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